Data sharing system, data sharing method and data sharing program

ABSTRACT

In a data sharing system, the data possessed by the others is utilized safely without disclosing the contents of the data to the others. A data sharing system of the present disclosure includes a plurality of data providing devices; a key management device; a proxy device and a calculation device, wherein the key management device includes a key management unit configured to manage a system key, each of the plurality of data providing devices includes: a first sensitive data acquisition unit configured to acquire a sensitive data; and an encryption unit configured to encrypt the sensitive data by a predetermined encryption scheme using a user key which is different from the system key, the proxy device includes: a second sensitive data acquisition unit configured to acquire the encrypted sensitive data from the plurality of data providing devices; and a conversion unit configured to execute a conversion of the acquired sensitive data into the sensitive data in a predetermined encryption space based on the system key, and the calculation device includes an execution unit configured to execute a secure computing based on the converted sensitive data.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a data sharing system, a data sharingmethod and a data sharing program.

BACKGROUND ART

Due to the development of an electronic commerce service and IoT(Internet of Things) provided on the Internet, the technology forperforming a statistical analysis and a machine learning on a largeamount of data possessed not only by own company but also by the othercompanies (others) is required. For example, Patent document 1 disclosesan encrypted statistical processing system wherein the statisticalprocessing is executed on the encrypted data encrypted by usingdifferent public keys in the encrypted state. In the above describedsystem, a proxy key is generated for converting the encrypted dataencrypted by using a predetermined public key into the encrypted datawhich can be decrypted by using a secret key corresponding to anotherpublic key different from the predetermined public key and the encryptedstatistical data (processing result) is generated from the dataencrypted based on the proxy key.

PRIOR ART DOCUMENTS Patent Documents

[Patent document 1] International Publication No. WO2012/169153

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

However, in the system described in Patent document 1, when theencrypted data owned by themselves is utilized in the encrypted state tointeractively generate a full public key using a public key and a secretkey of a plurality of service providing devices and generate individualproxy key based on the full public key and the secret key of each of theservice providing devices, the public key and the secret key of theothers participated in the system are required. Thus, the communicationamount between the service providing devices becomes huge.

In recent years, as the machine learning and the artificial intelligencetechnology are spread, the technology capable of treating a large amountof data while considering the problem in information security such asinformation leakage and illegal use is desired. The system described inPatent document 1 is a statistical processing based on a partialstatistical processing based on the data provided by a part of theservice providing devices. Thus, the system described in Patent document1 does not perform the processing of global statistics and machinelearning performed by integrating the data of a plurality of serviceproviders expecting higher prediction accuracy.

Accordingly, the present disclosure is made for solving the abovedescribed problems and the purpose of the present disclosure is toprovide a data sharing system utilizing the data possessed by the otherswithout disclosing the sensitive data to the others.

Means for Solving the Problem

In order to achieve the above described purpose, the data sharing systemof the present disclosure includes: a plurality of data providingdevices; a key management device; a proxy device; and a calculationdevice, wherein the key management device includes a key management unitconfigured to manage a system key, each of the plurality of dataproviding devices includes: a first sensitive data acquisition unitconfigured to acquire a sensitive data; and an encryption unitconfigured to encrypt the sensitive data by a predetermined encryptionscheme using a user key which is different from the system key, theproxy device includes: a second sensitive data acquisition unitconfigured to acquire the encrypted sensitive data from the plurality ofdata providing devices; and a conversion unit configured to execute aconversion of the acquired sensitive data into the sensitive data in apredetermined encryption space based on the system key, and thecalculation device includes an execution unit configured to execute asecure computing based on the converted sensitive data.

In order to achieve the above described purpose, the data sharing methodof the present disclosure is the method executed in a system having aplurality of data providing devices, a key management device, a proxydevice and a calculation device, the data sharing method comprising: astep of managing a system key by the key management device; a step ofacquiring a sensitive data by the plurality of data providing devices; astep of encrypting the sensitive data by a predetermined encryptionscheme using a user key which is different from the system key by theplurality of data providing devices; a step of acquiring the encryptedsensitive data from the plurality of data providing devices by the proxydevice; a step of converting the acquired sensitive data into apredetermined encryption space based on the system key by the proxydevice; and a step of executing a secure computing based on theconverted sensitive data by the calculation device.

In order to achieve the above described purpose, a data sharing programof the present disclosure is a data sharing program for making a systemexecute the data sharing program, the system comprising: a plurality ofdata providing devices; a key management device; a proxy device; and acalculation device, wherein the key management device is configured toexecute a step of managing a system key, the plurality of data providingdevices is configured to execute: a step of acquiring a sensitive data;and a step of encrypting the sensitive data by a predeterminedencryption scheme using a user key which is different from the systemkey; the proxy device is configured to execute: a step of acquiring theencrypted sensitive data from the plurality of data providing devices;and a step of converting the acquired sensitive data into apredetermined encryption space based on the system key; a step ofexecuting a secure computing based on the converted sensitive data, andthe calculation device is configured to execute a step of executing asecure computing based on the converted sensitive data.

Effects of the Invention

In the data sharing system of the present disclosure, the data possessedby the others can be utilized without disclosing the contents of thedata to the others.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a drawing showing a configuration of a data sharing system 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the processing in the embodiment 1.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a data providing server 100.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a key management server 200.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a proxy server 300.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a calculation server 400.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a terminal device 500.

FIG. 8 is a drawing showing an example of the data structure ofsensitive data.

FIG. 9 is a drawing showing an example of the data structure of theencrypted sensitive data.

FIG. 10 is a drawing showing an example of the data structure of theintegrated data.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing concerningthe embodiment 1.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the proxyserver 300.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the processing in the embodiment 2.

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a data providing server 600.

FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a proxy server 700.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing concerningthe embodiment 2.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereafter, the embodiments of the present disclosure will be explainedwith reference to the drawings. In all drawings explaining theembodiments, the same reference signs are assigned to the commoncomponent to omit the repeated explanation. Note that the followingembodiments do not unreasonably limit the content of the presentdisclosure described in the claims. In addition, all componentsdisclosed in the embodiments are not necessarily essential components ofthe present disclosure.

Outline of Invention

In recent years, the number of the organizations who possess a largeamount of sensitive data such as customer information has beenincreased. Because of this, a cloud service has been developed forperforming statistical analysis processing and machine learning and thelike by utilizing not only the sensitive data possessed by ownorganization but also the sensitive data possessed by the otherorganizations to obtain new knowledge in businesses and lead toservices. However, extreme care should be paid when treating thesensitive data while considering the security and protecting theprivacy, for example. Thus, it is required to execute the dataprocessing such as a retrieval, a totalization analysis, a statisticsand a machine learning contributing to detection and prediction withhigh accuracy while preventing the information leakage of the sensitivedata owned by own organization.

A “secure computing” is conventionally known for executing thecalculation in the encrypted state as the technology for achieving thedata processing while preventing the information leakage caused byillegal access. For example, the homomorphic encryption is one of themethods for realizing the “secure computing.” The homomorphic encryptionis the encryption scheme having homomorphism. In the homomorphicencryption, the calculation such as the numerical calculation can beexecuted on the encryption data encrypted by using a certain public keyin a state that the data is encrypted. In order to execute the dataprocessing of a plurality of encryption data with realistic performanceusing the homomorphic encryption, the sensitive data should be encryptedby the public key existing in the identical (same) encryption space(cipher space) (i.e., encrypted by the same public key).

Therefore, the data sharing system of the present invention includes akey management device configured to manage a system key for convertingthe encryption data into the identical encryption space. In addition,each of the data providing devices which corresponds to eachorganization joining the system encrypts the sensitive data by apredetermined encryption scheme using a user key which is different fromthe system key and transmits the encrypted sensitive data to the proxydevice. The proxy device converts the acquired encrypted sensitive datainto a predetermined encryption space based on the system key. Then, thecalculation device executes the secure computing based on the convertedsensitive data. An execution result of the secure computing executed onthe sensitive data which is converted into a predetermined encryptionspace based on the system key (corresponding to the encryption key) canbe decrypted by the system key (corresponding to the decryption key). Inthe following specification, “secure computing” means the processing ofexecuting the calculation in a state that the data is encrypted, and“calculation” includes the calculation related to addition, subtraction,multiplication and division and the calculation related to theretrieval, the analysis and the machine learning.

Embodiment 1

In the present embodiment, a proxy server 300 converts the sensitivedata encrypted in each of data providing servers 100 into the identicalencryption space by a re-encryption key without decrypting the encryptedsensitive data.

(Configuration of Data Sharing System 1)

FIG. 1 is a drawing showing a configuration of a data sharing system 1of the present embodiment. The configuration of the data sharing system1 of the embodiment 1 will be explained with reference to FIG. 1 .

The data sharing system 1 includes data providing servers 100-1,100-2, - - - , 100-N (N is natural number), a key management server 200,a proxy server 300, a calculation server 400 and a terminal device 500.In FIG. 1 , the data providing servers 100-1, 100-2, - - - , 100-N, thekey management server 200, the proxy server 300, the calculation server400 and the terminal device 500 are communicatively connected with eachother via a network NW. The network NW is, for example, WAN (Wide AreaNetwork), LAN (Local Area Network), optical line network, intranet orthe like. The network NW can be comprised of arbitrary network. The datasharing system 1 is a platform that enables each of the organizationsjoined in the system to use the data possessed by each of theorganizations without disclosing the detailed contents of the data tothe other organizations. Note that the organization is not limited to acompany and a party. The organization can be a group such as adepartment, a division, a group and a team divided according to therole.

In the following explanation, the data providing servers 100-1,100-2, - - - , 100-N are referred to as a data providing server 100unless it is necessary to distinguish them with each other.

The data providing server 100 is associated with the organization joinedin the platform. The data providing server 100 encrypts the sensitivedata possessed by the organization and transmits the encrypted data tothe key management server 200. In FIG. 1 , the data providing server100-1 is associated with “company A,” the data providing server 100-2 isassociated with “company B” and the data providing server 100-N isassociated with “company X,” for example.

The data providing server 100 encrypts the sensitive data by thepredetermined encryption scheme using the user key which is differentfrom the later described system key and transmits the encryptedsensitive data to the proxy server 300. Note that the data providingserver 100 can store and manage the user key in own server or in theother information processing device. For example, the management can beentrusted to a KMS (Key Management System). In addition, the dataproviding server 100 generates the re-encryption key based on the systemkey and the user key and transmits the generated re-encryption key tothe proxy server 300.

The sensitive data can be the data including attribute values of eachattribute item (column). The data structure of the sensitive data willbe described later. It is also possible for the data providing server100 to encrypt a part of the attribute values of the sensitive data bythe predetermined encryption scheme.

The key management server 200 manages the system key. The key managementserver 200 is a trusted organization where the decryption key fordecrypting the encryption data is managed in a suitable manner, forexample. However, the key management server 200 can be included in theproxy server 300. Namely, the proxy server 300 can have the function ofmanaging the system key.

The proxy server 300 acquires the sensitive data and the re-encryptionkey from each of the data providing servers 100 and converts theacquired sensitive data into the sensitive data in a predeterminedencryption space by the re-encryption key.

The calculation server 400 executes the secure computing on thesensitive data converted in the proxy server 300. The calculation server400 executes the retrieval, the integration, the analysis, the datamining, the model learning of the machine learning and the inference asthe secure computing, for example. For example, the model learning andthe inference can be executed by the analysis algorithm of statisticalmethod and deep learning. In addition, the calculation server 400 canintegrate a plurality of converted sensitive data and execute the securecomputing on the integrated sensitive data. The execution result of thesecure computing can be decrypted by the system key (corresponding tothe decryption key).

The terminal device 500 is an information processing device used by auser of the data sharing system 1. The terminal device 500 is a PC(Personal Computer), a smartphone or a tablet terminal, for example. Inaddition, the terminal device 500 can be wearable terminals such as ahead mount display and the like or AR (Augmented Reality)/VR (VirtualReality)/MR (Mixed Reality) devices. The user can be an employee of theorganization (e.g., company A) that joins the platform and provides thesensitive data, for example. In this case, the information processingdevice can be configured to be linked with the data providing server 100of the organization to which the user belongs.

The terminal device 500 transmits the processing request of the dataprocessing to the calculation server 400 wherein the data processing istargeted at the sensitive data provided from the data providing server100. The data processing includes the retrieval and totalizationprocessing and/or the statistical processing, for example. In addition,the data processing includes the processing of integrating the sensitivedata. The processing request (processing query) of the data processingis written by CLI (Command Line Interface) such as SQL statement or GUI(Graphical User Interface), for example.

Hereafter, the functional configuration and the processing of each ofthe servers and the like constituting the above described data sharingsystem 1 will be explained. Note that the functional block and theprocessing block indicating each of the functional configurations can beachieved by one or a plurality of devices, computer processors or adistribution group of computer processors. For example, the functionexecuted by the key management server 200, the proxy server 300 and thecalculation server 400 can be achieved by one device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the processing in the embodiment 1.

The outline of the processing in the data sharing system 1 will beexplained with reference to FIG. 2 .

The embodiment 1 uses “proxy re-encryption scheme” and the proxy server300 converts the sensitive data encrypted in the data providing server100 into a predetermined encryption space without decrypting thesensitive data. Although the scheme based on the public key encryptionscheme is explained in FIG. 2 , the conversion can be also achieved byusing the common key encryption scheme.

(1) Key Generation Step

The key management server 200 generates a key pair of a system publickey Pkx and a system secret key Skx as the system key.

Each of the data providing servers 100 generates a key pair of a userpublic key pk and a user secret key sk of each of the data providingservers 100 as the user key. The user key and the system key aregenerated by conventionally known key generation algorism, for example.

In addition, each of the data providing servers 100 acquires the systempublic key Pkx from the key management server 200 and generates are-encryption key rk from the user secret key sk and the system publickey Pk. The generated re-encryption key rk is transmitted to the proxyserver 300. The re-encryption key rk can be generated by a keygeneration algorism based on the user secret key sk and the systempublic key Pk, for example. Alternatively, the re-encryption key rk canbe generated by encrypting the user secret key sk by the system publickey Pk. The proxy server 300 stores the re-encryption key rk inassociation with each of the data providing servers 100.

Although the re-encryption key rk is generated in the data providingserver 100 in FIG. 2 , it is also possible to generate the re-encryptionkey rk in the proxy server 300. For example, a secure communicationchannel is established between the proxy server 300 and the dataproviding server 100, and the proxy server 300 acquires the user secretkey sk from each of the data providing servers 100. The proxy server 300acquires the system public key Pkx from the key management server 200,generates each re-encryption key rk using the user secret key skcorresponding to each of the data providing servers 100 and the systempublic key Pkx, and stores the re-encryption key rk in association witheach of the data providing servers 100.

(2) Registration Step

The data providing server 100 encrypts the sensitive data by the userpublic key pk to generate an encrypted text M. The generated encryptedtext M is transmitted to the proxy server 300. The proxy server 300registers (stores) each encrypted text M as the data provided from theorganization joining the data sharing system 1.

(3) Data Processing Step

The calculation server 400 requests the sensitive data as the object ofthe processing request to the proxy server 300 in accordance with theprocessing request requested from the terminal device 500 (notillustrated in FIG. 2 ), for example.

The proxy server 300 encrypts the encrypted text M as the object of thedata processing by the re-encryption key rk generated in the dataproviding server 100 transmitting the encrypted text M to generatere-encrypted text M. The proxy server 300 transmits the re-encryptedtext M to the calculation server 400. The calculation server 400executes the secure computing on the re-encrypted text. At this time,the calculation server 400 can integrate each re-encrypted text Macquired from the proxy server 300 and execute the secure computing. Theintegration of the data will be described later.

The execution result of the secure computing is transmitted to theterminal device 500 from which the data processing is requested. Inaddition, the terminal device 500 used by a user having the authority ofusing the execution result can acquire the system secret key Skx fromthe key management server 200. The terminal device 500 can use theresult of the data processing by decrypting the execution result usingthe system secret key Skx.

In addition, the execution result of the secure computing can betransmitted to the terminal device 500 from which the data processing isrequested via the proxy server 300. For example, the calculation server400 transmits the execution result to the proxy server 300. The proxyserver 300 acquires the system secret key Skx from the key managementserver 200 and decrypts the execution result transmitted from thecalculation server 400. Then, the proxy server 300 encrypts thedecrypted execution result by a session key used in a securecommunication path established between the proxy server 300 and theterminal device 500 and transmits the encrypted execution result to theterminal device 500. The terminal device 500 can use the result of thedata processing by decrypting the execution result by using the sessionkey.

As described above, the method of converting the encrypted text into theidentical encryption space by the public key encryption scheme isexplained in FIG. 2 . In case of the common key encryption scheme, thiscan be achieved by using “one-time pad.” In the one-time pad, theencryption is executed by regarding the plaintext as the bit string andperforming an exclusive-OR operation on random bit string (common key)having the same length bit by bit. For the decryption, the random bitstring and the exclusive-OR operation of the encryption text used forthe encryption can be used. In addition, the re-encryption key isgenerated by the exclusive-OR operation of a user common key (user key)and a system common key (system key). The data providing server 100generates the encrypted text M by the exclusive-OR operation of thesensitive data and the user common key. The proxy server 300 generatesthe re-encryption text M by the exclusive-OR operation of the encryptedtext M and the re-encryption key.

Although the case of generating the re-encryption key by the dataproviding server 100 is explained in FIG. 2 , it is also possible togenerate the re-encryption key by the proxy server 300 as describedabove. For example, the proxy server 300 generates the re-encryption keyby using the system public key acquired from the key management server200 and the user secret key acquired from the data providing server 100.However, the user secret key acquired from each of the data providingservers 100 should be suitably managed in a reliable environment in theproxy server 300.

Although the calculation server 400 requests the sensitive data as theobject of the processing request to the proxy server 300 in accordancewith the processing request from the terminal device 500 and there-encrypted text is generated in the proxy server 300 in theexplanation of FIG. 2 , it is also possible that the proxy server 300periodically executes the processing of generating the re-encrypted textand stores the re-encrypted text. Since the above describedconfiguration is adopted, when the calculation server 400 requests thesensitive data as the object of the processing request to the proxyserver 300, the calculation server 400 can acquire the re-encrypted textwithout waiting the generation process of the re-encrypted text.

(Functional Configuration of Data Providing Server 100)

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of the data providing server 100. An example of thefunctional configuration of the data providing server 100 will beexplained with reference to FIG. 3 .

The data providing server 100 includes a communication unit 101, acontrol unit 102, a storage unit 103, a key generation unit 104 and anencryption unit 105.

The communication unit 101 includes a communication interface circuit sothat the data providing server 100 establishes the communication withthe servers and the devices via a network NW according to apredetermined communication protocol. The predetermined communicationprotocol is TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol),for example. The communication unit 101 transmits the received data tothe control unit 102 and transmits the data received from the controlunit 102 to the servers and the devices via the network NW. Thecommunication unit 101 can also transmit and receive the data to/fromthe functional blocks other than the control unit 102 in the dataproviding server 100. Note that the communication unit 101 transmits andreceives the data to/from the devices connected via the network NW, thedevices connected locally and the like using a secure communicationchannel where security is ensured. The explanation of the method forconstructing the secure communication channel and the communicationmethod is omitted since they are well known technology using a commonkey (e.g., session key), a public key and the like.

The communication unit 101 corresponds to the first sensitive dataacquisition unit. For example, the communication unit 101 acquires thesensitive data possessed by the organization from the organizationjoined in the platform. In FIG. 1 , the data providing server 100-1associated with the company A can acquire the sensitive data from theterminal device 500 operated by the employee of the company A. In thepresent embodiment, the sensitive data is the information related to theindividual, for example. The sensitive data is the attribute value(string or numerical value) of the attribute item (column) such as theage, the gender, the income, the residential area and the purchaseinformation. In addition, the sensitive data includes an identifier(string, numerical value or combination thereof) as the attribute itemso that the identifier functions as an integrated key for integratingthe sensitive data. The common ID for uniquely identifying theindividual can be used as the identifier. The sensitive data can beintegrated based on the identifier. The sensitive data is not limited tothe information related to the individual. The sensitive data can be logdata related to the device, for example. The data structure of thesensitive data and the integrated data will be described in detaillater.

The communication unit 101 corresponds to the system key acquisitionunit and acquires the system key (system public key and/or system commonkey) from the key management server 200. The acquired system key isstored in the storage unit 103.

The control unit 102 controls the functions of the data providing server100. The control unit 102 is a processor such as a CPU (CentralProcessing Unit) operated based on the programs preliminarily stored inthe storage unit 103. Note that a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) or thelike can be used as the control unit 102. In addition, control circuitssuch as an LSI (Large Scale Integration), an ASIC (Application SpecificIntegrated Circuit) and an FPGA (Field-Programming Gate Array) can beused as the control unit 102.

The storage unit 103 includes a memory device such as a RAM (RandomAccess Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), a fixed disk device such asa hard disk drive or a portable disk device such as a flexible disk andan optical disc, for example. In addition, the storage unit 103 storescomputer programs, encryption programs, keys and the like used forvarious processing of the data providing server 100. The computerprograms can be installed in the storage unit 103 from a portablecomputer-readable recording medium using a conventionally known setupprogram, for example. The portable recording medium can be a CD-ROM(Compact Disc Read Only Memory) and a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile DiscRead Only Memory), for example. The computer programs can be installedfrom a predetermined server, for example.

The key generation unit 104 generates the user key. The key generationunit 104 generates the key in accordance with the encryption schemerequested by the encryption unit 105, for example. For example, when theencryption scheme is the homomorphic encryption scheme (e.g., Pailliermethod) where the calculation can be performed in the encrypted state, akey pair of a user public key and a user secret key is generated.

When the encryption scheme is an order-preserving encryption scheme (OPEscheme: Order Preserving Encryption) where the magnitude relation is notchanged between the encrypted text and the plaintext or a retrievableencryption scheme where the coincidence of the plaintext can be judgedin the encrypted state, the user common key is generated. As describedabove, the user key can be a key pair of the user public key and theuser secret key in some cases, while the user key can be the user commonkey in other cases. Note that the explanation of key generationalgorithm is omitted since the key generation algorithm isconventionally known technology.

In addition, the key generation unit 104 generates the re-encryption keybased on the user key and the system key. In case of the public keyencryption scheme, the re-encryption key is generated by using the usersecret key and the system public key. In case of the common keyencryption scheme, the re-encryption key is generated by using the usercommon key and the system common key. Note that the re-encryption keycan be generated by a key generation algorithm using the user key andthe system key. Alternatively, the re-encryption key can be generated byencrypting the user key by the system key.

The key generation unit 104 stores the generated key, parameters forgenerating the key and the like in the storage unit 103, for example.The key generation unit 104 can store the generated key in associationwith the encryption scheme, the data (e.g., attribute item, column) ofthe object to be encrypted, the corresponding data providing server andthe like in the storage unit 103.

The encryption unit 105 encrypts the sensitive data by the predeterminedencryption scheme using the user key which is different from the systemkey. The encryption unit 105 encrypts at least a part of the attributevalues of the attribute items included in the sensitive data by thepredetermined encryption scheme, for example. The predeterminedencryption scheme includes the encryption scheme that can perform thecalculation of at least a part of the attribute values of the sensitivedata acquired by the communication unit 101 in the encrypted state. Forexample, the predetermined encryption scheme can be a homomorphicencryption scheme, an order-preserving encryption scheme, AES (AdvancedEncryption Standard), DES (Data Encryption Standard), the retrievableencryption, SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm), MD5 (Message Digest algorithm5) and the like. As described above, the “calculation” includes thecalculation related to addition, subtraction, multiplication anddivision and the calculation related to the retrieval and the analysis.In the present embodiment, when the data format of the attribute valueof the attribute item included in the sensitive data is a numericalvalue (corresponding to the first attribute value), the encryption unit105 performs the encryption using the homomorphic encryption scheme(e.g., Paillier scheme, Lifted-Elgamal scheme, Somewhat HomomorphicEncryption scheme, Fully Homomorphic Encryption scheme) and/or theorder-preserving encryption scheme (OPE scheme) (corresponding to thefirst encryption scheme). Since the processing efficiency variesdepending on the encryption scheme and the content of the dataprocessing, each of the attribute items can be stored in a plurality ofencryption schemes such as the attribute item encrypted by thehomomorphic encryption scheme, the attribute item encrypted by theorder-preserving encryption scheme and the attribute item encrypted bythe later described retrievable encryption scheme.

When the data format is the string (corresponding to the secondattribute value), the encryption is performed by using the retrievableencryption scheme or the AES encryption where the complete matching ispossible in the encrypted text, for example (corresponding to the secondencryption scheme). Note that the above described encryption schemesapplied depending on the data format are merely examples. Theorganization possessing the sensitive data can arbitrarily determine thetarget attribute value of the attribute item to be encrypted and theencryption scheme used for the encryption. In addition, it is alsopossible to determine whether or not to encrypt the sensitive dataaccording to the intention of the individual.

In the present embodiment, the identifier included as the attribute itemis not encrypted. Consequently, the calculation server 400 can generatethe data (integrated data) in which the sensitive data converted intothe identical encryption space is integrated based on the identifier bythe encryption using the re-encryption key. The integrated data will beexplained later. The explanation of encryption algorithm is omittedsince the encryption algorithm is conventionally known technology. Asanother embodiment, the encryption unit 105 can encrypt the identifierincluded as the attribute item in another embodiment.

(Functional Configuration of Key Management Server 200)

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of the key management server 200. With reference to FIG. 4, an example of the functional configuration of the key managementserver 200 will be explained.

The key management server 200 includes a communication unit 201, astorage unit 210 and a key generation unit 220.

The communication unit 201 includes a communication interface circuit sothat the key management server 200 can establish the communication withthe other servers and the devices via the network NW according to apredetermined communication protocol. The communication unit 201transmits the system key generated in the key generation unit 220 to theservers and the devices via the network NW. Note that the communicationunit 201 transmits and receives the data to/from the devices and thelike via the network NW using a secure communication channel wheresecurity is ensured. The explanation of the method of constructing thesecure communication channel and the communication method is omittedsince they are well known technology.

The storage unit 210 corresponds to the key management unit configuredto manage the system key generated in the key generation unit 220. Thestorage unit 210 includes a memory device such as a RAM (Random AccessMemory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), a fixed disk device such as a harddisk drive or a portable disk device such as a flexible disk and anoptical disc, for example. In addition, the storage unit 210 storescomputer programs, database, tables and the like used for variousprocessing of the key management server 200. The computer programs canbe installed in the storage unit 210 from a portable computer-readablerecording medium using a conventionally known setup program, forexample. The portable recording medium can be a CD-ROM (Compact DiscRead Only Memory) and a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read OnlyMemory), for example. The computer programs can be installed from apredetermined server, for example.

The key generation unit 220 generates the system key. The key generationunit 220 can generate the key corresponding to the encryption scheme tobe applied to the sensitive data, for example. For example, when theencryption scheme is the public key encryption scheme such as thehomomorphic encryption scheme (Paillier scheme), a key pair of thesystem public key and the system secret key is generated.

For example, when the encryption scheme is the common key encryptionscheme such as the order-preserving encryption scheme and theretrievable encryption scheme, the user common key is generated. Asdescribed above, the system key is a key pair of the system public keyand the system secret key in some cases, while the system key is thesystem common key in other cases. Note that the explanation of keygeneration algorithm is omitted since the key generation algorithm isconventionally known technology.

(Functional Configuration of Proxy Server 300)

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of the proxy server 300. With reference to FIG. 5 , anexample of the functional configuration of the proxy server 300 will beexplained.

The proxy server 300 includes a communication unit 301, a storage unit302, a conversion unit 303 and a control unit 304.

The communication unit 301 corresponds to the second sensitive dataacquisition unit configured to acquire the encrypted sensitive data fromthe plurality of data providing servers 100. The communication unit 301has a similar function as the communication unit 101 of the dataproviding server 100. The communication unit 301 includes acommunication interface circuit so that the proxy server 300 canestablish the communication with the other servers and the devices viathe network NW according to a predetermined communication protocol.

In addition, the communication unit 301 corresponds to the re-encryptionkey acquisition unit configured to acquire the re-encryption key fromeach of the data providing servers 100. The acquired re-encryption keyis stored in the storage unit 302.

Furthermore, the communication unit 301 can transmit the convertedsensitive data stored in the storage unit 302 in accordance with therequest from the calculation server 400 or transmit the convertedsensitive data to the calculation server 400 when the sensitive data isconverted.

The storage unit 302 has a similar function as the storage unit 103 ofthe data providing server 100. The storage unit 302 stores computerprograms, database, tables and the like used for various processing ofthe proxy server 300. The computer programs can be installed in thestorage unit 302 from a portable computer-readable recording mediumusing a conventionally known setup program, for example.

The conversion unit 303 converts the sensitive data acquired from thedata providing server 100 into the sensitive data in the predeterminedencryption space using the corresponding re-encryption key. Theconversion unit 303 executes the conversion by encrypting the acquiredsensitive data in accordance with the encryption scheme of the acquiredsensitive data. For example, the sensitive data encrypted by thehomomorphic encryption scheme in the data providing server 100 isre-encrypted by the same homomorphic encryption scheme using there-encryption key acquired from the corresponding data providing server100. The sensitive data encrypted by AES is re-encrypted by the same AESusing the re-encryption key. The conversion unit 30 stores (registers)the converted sensitive data in the storage unit 302.

As described above, when the sensitive data is encrypted by thepredetermined encryption scheme for each attribute value of theattribute item of the sensitive data, the attribute value of theattribute item is encrypted in accordance with the predeterminedencryption scheme. Accordingly, the sensitive data provided from thesame data providing server 100 may include different encryption schemesin accordance with the data format of the attribute value of theattribute item. For example, the attribute value re-encrypted by thehomomorphic encryption scheme and the attribute value re-encrypted byAES may be included. However, since the re-encryption key generatedbased on the system key managed by the key management server 200 is usedfor the re-encryption, the attribute value of each of the attributeitems is converted into the identical encryption space for eachpredetermined encryption scheme.

The control unit 304 controls the functions of the proxy server 300. Thecontrol unit 304 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit)operated based on the programs preliminarily stored in the storage unit302. The control unit 304 reads the converted sensitive data from thestorage unit 302 in accordance with the request from the calculationserver 400 and controls the communication unit 301 to transmit theconverted sensitive data to the calculation server 400.

(Functional Configuration of Calculation Server 400)

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of the calculation server 400. With reference to FIG. 6 ,an example of the functional configuration of the calculation server 400will be explained.

The calculation server 400 includes a communication unit 401, a storageunit 410 and a control unit 420.

The communication unit 401 includes a communication interface circuit sothat the calculation server 400 can establish the communication with theother servers and the devices via the network NW according to apredetermined communication protocol. The communication unit 401transmits the received data to the control unit 420 and the datareceived from the control unit 420 to the servers and the devices viathe network NW. Note that the communication unit 401 transmits andreceives the data to/from the devices and the like via the network NWusing a secure communication channel where security is ensured. Theexplanation of the method of constructing the secure communicationchannel and the communication method is omitted since they are wellknown technology.

The storage unit 410 includes a memory device such as a RAM (RandomAccess Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory), a fixed disk device such asa hard disk drive or a portable disk device such as a flexible disk andan optical disc, for example. In addition, the storage unit 410 storescomputer programs, database, tables and the like used for variousprocessing of the calculation server 400. The computer programs can beinstalled in the storage unit 410 from a portable computer-readablerecording medium using a conventionally known setup program, forexample. The portable recording medium can be a CD-ROM (Compact DiscRead Only Memory) and a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read OnlyMemory), for example. The computer programs can be installed from apredetermined server, for example.

Furthermore, the storage unit 410 stores the converted sensitive datareceived by the communication unit 401 from the proxy server 300.

The control unit 420 includes a total control unit 421, an integrateddata generation unit 422 and an execution unit 423. The control unit 421controls the functions of the calculation server 400. The control unit421 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) operatedbased on the programs preliminarily stored in the storage unit 410. Notethat a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) or the like can be used as thetotal control unit 421. In addition, control circuits such as an LSI(Large Scale Integration), an ASIC (Application Specific IntegratedCircuit) and an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) can be used as thetotal control unit 421.

In accordance with the control of the total control unit 421, theintegrated data generation unit 422 integrates the converted sensitivedata received from the proxy server 300 via the communication unit 401and stored in the storage unit 410 based on the identifier (common ID inthe example of the later described examples of FIGS. 8 to 11 ) includedin the sensitive data as the attribute item to generate the integrateddata. The integrated data generation unit 422 stores the generatedintegrated data in the storage unit 410.

The execution unit 423 executes the secure computing based on theconverted sensitive data. The execution unit 423 stores the executionresult in the storage unit 410. Here, the secure computing executed bythe execution unit 423 is the model learning and the inference achievedby the machine learning. The analysis algorithms of statistical methodand deep learning can be used. The execution unit 423 can execute thesecure computing on the sensitive data provided by one of the dataproviding servers 100 or execute the secure computing on the integrateddata generated by the integrated data generation unit 422. As describedabove, the integrated sensitive data is converted into the sensitivedata in the predetermined encryption space for each of the attributeitems by the homomorphic encryption scheme, the order-preservingencryption scheme, the retrievable encryption scheme or the AESencryption where the complete matching is possible in the encryptedtext. For example, the calculation related to addition, subtraction,multiplication and division and the calculation related to the retrievaland the analysis can be executed on the attribute items in the encryptedstate.

(Functional Configuration of Terminal Device 500)

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of a terminal device 500. With reference to FIG. 7 , anexample of the functional configuration of the terminal device 500 willbe explained.

The terminal device 500 includes a communication unit 501, a storageunit 502, an input unit 503, an output unit 504 and a control unit 505.As described above, the terminal device 500 can be an informationprocessing device operated by the user who belongs to the organizationjoining in the platform (data sharing system 1), for example.

The communication unit 501 has a similar function as the communicationunit 101 of the data providing server 100. The communication unit 501includes a communication interface circuit so that the terminal device500 can establish the communication with the other servers and thedevices via the network NW according to a predetermined communicationprotocol. The communication unit 501 transmits the received data to thecontrol unit 505 and transmits the data received from the control unit505 to the other servers and the devices via the network NW. Inaddition, the user operating the terminal device 500 has the accessauthority for using the execution result of the secure computing of thesensitive data. The terminal device 500 acquires the system key (systemsecret key and/or system common key) for decrypting the execution resultfrom the key management server 200 via the communication unit 501.

The storage unit 502 has a similar function as the storage unit 103 ofthe data providing server 100. The storage unit 502 stores computerprograms, database, tables and the like used for various processing ofthe terminal device 500. The computer programs can be installed in thestorage unit 502 from a portable computer-readable recording mediumusing a conventionally known setup program, for example. In addition,the storage unit 502 can store the system key for decrypting theexecution result of the secure computing from the calculation server400.

The input unit 503 is an interface for receiving a user input of theterminal device 500. The input unit 503 can be a keyboard, a touch paneland a microphone for detecting a sound input, for example. However, theinput unit 503 is not limited to the above described devices. The userinputs the processing request of the data processing through the inputunit 503.

The output unit 504 is an interface for outputting the information andnotifying the user. The output unit 504 can be a display and a speakerfor outputting sound, for example. However, the output unit 504 is notlimited to the above described devices. The output unit 504 provides theexecution result of the data processing to the user by displaying it onthe display, for example.

The control unit 505 controls the functions of the terminal device 500.The control unit 505 is a processor such as a CPU (Central ProcessingUnit) operated based on the programs preliminarily stored in the storageunit 502. The control unit 505 transmits the processing request of thedata processing inputted through the input unit 503 to the calculationserver 400 via the communication unit 501. In addition, the control unit505 acquires the execution result of the secure computing via thecommunication unit 501. The control unit 505 decrypts the executionresult of the secure computing by the system key stored in the storageunit 502 to obtain the execution result.

FIG. 8 is a drawing showing an example of the data structure of thesensitive data. In the present embodiment, the sensitive data is theinformation about the individual. The sensitive data is the attributevalue (string or numerical value) of the attribute item (column) such asthe age, the gender, the income, the residential area and the purchaseinformation. Furthermore, the sensitive data can include the identifier(common ID) as one of the attribute items for uniquely identifying theindividual as the integrated key. The identifier can be a numericalvalue, a string or the combination of the numerical value and thestring. For simplifying the explanation, predetermined attribute itemsare shown in FIG. 8 . However, the not illustrated attribute items canbe further included in the sensitive data. In addition, the sensitivedata is not limited to the information about the individual. Thesensitive data can be confidential information (e.g., sensing data andlog data) related to the system of IoT/NW devices, industrial devicesand the like. Furthermore, the integrated key is not limited to theidentifier uniquely identifying the individual. An arbitrary value canbe used as the integrated key as long as it can uniquely identify thedata in a plurality of tables.

In FIG. 8 , tables T1, T2 and T3 storing the attribute values of theattribute items are shown. The table 1 shows the sensitive data providedby the data providing server 100-1 (i.e., the data possessed by thecompany A). In the table T1, the sensitive data includes “common ID” asthe identifier for uniquely identifying the individual, “age” indicatingthe age of the individual, “gender” indicating the gender of theindividual, “income” indicating the income of the individual, and“purchase flag 1” indicating the presence or absence of the purchase ofthe product 1 purchased by the individual as the attribute items. In thetable T1, the attribute values of the attribute items of “common ID,”“age,” “income” and “purchase flag 1” are the numerical values. Althoughthe attribute value of “gender” is the category (string) in FIG. 8 , thecategory can be also shown by the numerical value by associating thegender with the numerical value, for example.

In the table T1, the attribute value “12345” is stored for the attributeitem “common ID,” the attribute value “45” is stored for the attributeitem “age,” the attribute value “female” is stored for the attributeitem “gender,” the attribute value “450” is stored for the attributeitem “income” and the attribute value “1” is stored for the attributeitem “purchase flag 1.” This means that the age of the individual whohas the common ID of 12345 is 45 years, the gender is female, the incomeis 450 (ten thousand yen) and the individual has already bought theproduct 1. Similarly, for the attribute values “67890,” “23456,”“90123,” “89012” and “34567” of the attribute item “common ID,” theattribute values are stored for each of the attribute items.

The table 2 shows the sensitive data provided by the data providingserver 100-2 (i.e., the data possessed by the company B). The dataproviding server 100-2 provides the sensitive data including theattribute item different from that of the company A possessing thesensitive data shown in the table T1.

In the table T2, the sensitive data includes “common ID” as theidentifier for uniquely identifying the individual, “residential area”indicating the area in which the individual lives, “purchase flag 2”indicating the presence or absence of the purchase of the product 2purchased by the individual, and “purchase flag 3” indicating thepresence or absence of the purchase of the product 3 purchased by theindividual as the attribute items. In the table T2, the attribute valuesof the attribute items “common ID,” “purchase flag 2” and “purchase flag3” are the numerical values, while the attribute values of the attributeitem “residential area” are the string. Although the attribute value of“residential area” is the category (string) in FIG. 8 , the category canbe also shown by the numerical value by associating the area with thenumerical value, for example. For example, in the table T2, theattribute value “67890” is stored for the attribute item “common ID,”the attribute value “Tokyo” is stored for the attribute item“residential area,” the attribute value “1” is stored for the attributeitem “purchase flag 2” and the attribute value “0” is stored for theattribute item “purchase flag 3.” This means that the residential areaof the individual who has the common ID of 67890 is Tokyo, theindividual has already bought the product 2 and the individual has notbought the product 3 yet. Similarly, for the attribute values “23456,”“89012,” “12345,” “90123” and “34567” of the attribute item “common ID,”the attribute values are stored for each of the attribute items.

Although the attribute items are different between the table T1 and thetable T2 except for “common ID,” the record shown by the same “commonID” corresponds to the same individual. For example, the record(individual) identified by the attribute value “67890” of “common ID” inthe table T1 is same as the record (individual) identified by theattribute value “67890” of “common ID” in the table T2.

The table T3 shows the sensitive data provided by the data providingserver 100-3 (i.e., the data possessed by the company C). The dataproviding server 100-3 provides the sensitive data different from thesensitive data of the company A and the company B possessing thesensitive data shown in the table T1 and the table T2.

In the table T3, the sensitive data includes “common ID” as theidentifier for uniquely identifying the individual, “spouse flag”indicating the presence or absence of the spouse, “number of dependents”indicating the number of the dependents and “purchase flag 4” indicatingthe presence or absence of the purchase of the product 4 purchased bythe individual as the attribute item. In the table T3, the attributevalues of the attribute items “common ID,” “spouse flag,” “number ofdependents” and “purchase flag 4” are the numerical values. For example,in the table T3, the attribute value “23456” is stored for the attributeitem “common ID,” the attribute value “1” is stored for the attributeitem “spouse flag,” the attribute value “3” is stored for the attributeitem “number of dependents” and the attribute value “1” is stored forthe attribute item “purchase flag 4.” This means that the individual whohas the common ID of 23456 has the spouse, the individual has threedependents and the individual has already bought the product 4.Similarly, for the attribute values “90123,” “56789,” “34567,” “78901”and “12345” of the attribute item “common ID,” the attribute values arestored for each of the attribute items.

The attribute items are different between the table T3 and the table T1or T2 except for “common ID.” In addition, the attribute values “56789”and “78901” are included only in the table T3 as the attribute item“common ID.” Namely, it is not necessary that the same group of therecords is included in all tables. The table can include the group ofthe records that are different from those of another table. In thepresent embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8 , the attribute items included inthe sensitive data provided by each of the data providing servers aredifferent except for “common ID” (identifier). However, the sameattribute item can be included as another embodiment. In that case, asystem administrator or the like can properly specify and determinewhich of the data providing servers is prioritized as the attributevalue of the integrated data.

FIG. 9 is a drawing showing an example of the data structure of theencrypted sensitive data. In FIG. 9 , the tables T1e, T2e and T3e inwhich the attribute values of the attribute items are encrypted exceptfor “common ID” are shown.

In the table T1e, the attribute values of the table T1 are encryptedexcept for “common ID” based on the user key (user public key or usercommon key) managed by the data providing server 100-1 (company A). Forexample, the attribute items “age,” “income” and “purchase flag 1” whoseattribute values are indicated by the numerical values are encrypted bythe homomorphic encryption scheme and/or the order-preserving encryptionschemes, while the attribute item “gender” whose attribute values areindicated by the string is encrypted by the retrievable encryptionscheme. For simplifying the explanation, the values encrypted by thehomomorphic encryption scheme are shown in the table T1e for the data ofthe attribute values indicated by the numerical value (hereafter, samein the tables T2e and T3e).

In the table T2e, the attribute values of the table T2 are encryptedexcept for “common ID” based on the user key (user public key or usercommon key) managed by the data providing server 100-2 (company B). Forexample, the attribute items “purchase flag 2” and “purchase flag 3”whose attribute values are indicated by the numerical values areencrypted by the homomorphic encryption scheme and/or theorder-preserving encryption scheme, while the attribute item“residential area” whose attribute values are indicated by the string isencrypted by the retrievable encryption scheme.

In the table T3e, the attribute values of the table T3 are encryptedexcept for “common ID” based on the user key (user public key or usercommon key) managed by the data providing server 100-3 (company C). Forexample, the attribute items “spouse flag,” “number of dependents” and“purchase flag 4” whose attribute values are indicated by the numericalvalues are encrypted by the homomorphic encryption scheme and/or theorder-preserving encryption scheme.

The proxy server 300 acquires the table T1e from the data providingserver 100-1 as the encrypted sensitive data. The proxy server 300encrypts the attribute items of the table T1e by the encryption schemecorresponding to the encryption scheme of the attribute items of thetable T1e using the re-encryption key corresponding to the dataproviding server 100-1. For example, the attribute items “age” “income”and “purchase flag 1” whose attribute values are indicated by thenumerical values are encrypted by the homomorphic encryption scheme orthe order-preserving encryption scheme. Thus, these attribute items aresimilarly encrypted by the homomorphic encryption scheme or theorder-preserving encryption scheme using the re-encryption key (keygenerated based on the user secret key and the system public key). Theattribute item “gender” whose attribute values are indicated by thestring is encrypted by AES or the retrievable encryption scheme. Thus,the attribute item is similarly encrypted by AES or the retrievableencryption scheme using the re-encryption key (key generated based onthe user common key and the system common key).

The proxy server 300 encrypts the tables T2e and T3e by there-encryption key similar to the table T1e.

FIG. 10 is a drawing showing an example of the data structure of theintegrated data. In FIG. 10 , an integrated table Tm is the table formedby integrating the tables T1e, T2e and T3e shown in FIG. 9 by using theattribute values (identifiers) of the attribute item “common ID” as theintegrated key. Namely, the integrated data is the table including“common ID,” “age,” “gender,” “income,” “purchase flag 1,” “residentialarea,” “purchase flag 2,” “purchase flag 3,” “spouse flag,” “number ofdependents” and “purchase flag 4” as the attribute items wherein theattribute values of the attribute items except for “common ID” areencrypted by the re-encryption key as described in FIG. 9 .

In the integrated table Tm, the attribute items (columns) “age,”“gender,” “income” and “purchase flag 1” are the sensitive data providedby the data providing server 100-1 (company A). The attribute items(columns) “residential area,” “purchase flag 2” and “purchase flag 3”are the sensitive data provided by the data providing server 100-2(company B). The attribute items (columns) “spouse flag,” “number ofdependents” and “purchase flag 4” are the sensitive data provided by thedata providing server 100-3 (company C).

As for the attribute values of the attribute items included in the tableT3 and not included in the tables T1 and T2 (e.g., the attribute values“56789” and “78901” of “common ID”), an administrator of calculationserver 400 or the like can arbitrarily determine to store a blank (NULL)value or a dummy numerical value, for example. Alternatively, it is alsopossible to delete the record in which the attribute values other thanthe attribute value of the attribute item “common ID” is not stored inthe integrated data.

Namely, in the example of FIG. 10 , the integration processing includingthe integration of the table in a lateral direction (i.e., addition of“attribute item” (column) and the integration of the table in a verticaldirection (i.e., addition of “record”) is performed using the attributeitem “common ID” shown in the tables T1e, T2e and T3e of FIG. 9 as theintegrated key.

The attribute values of the attribute items “age,” “income,” “purchaseflag 1,” “purchase flag 2,” “purchase flag 3,” “spouse flag,” “number ofdependents” and “purchase flag 4” are encrypted by the homomorphicencryption scheme, the order-preserving encryption scheme or the likeusing the re-encryption key (key generated based on the user secret keyand the system public key) and converted into the identical encryptionspace. The attribute values of the attribute items “gender” and“residential area” are encrypted by AES, the retrievable encryptionscheme or the like using the re-encryption key (key generated based onthe user common key and the system common key) and converted into theidentical encryption space. Consequently, the secure computing can beexecuted on the attribute values converted into the identical encryptionspace in the calculation server 400. When the fully homomorphicencryption is used, the re-encryption key can be generated in the dataproviding server 100 based on user public key information and usersecret key information.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing concerningthe embodiment 1. With reference to FIG. 11 , a flow of re-encryptingthe sensitive data provided by each organization joined in the platform(data sharing system 1) into the predetermined encryption space by theproxy server 300 and executing the data processing by the securecomputing. The flow of the processing shown in FIG. 11 is merely anexample. The flow is not limited to the orders shown in FIG. 11 . In thefollowing explanation, the scheme based on the public key encryptionscheme is used as the scheme of converting the encrypted sensitive datainto the predetermined encryption space for simplifying the explanation.

In the step S101, a key generation processing is executed in the datasharing system 1. The key management server 200 generates the system key(a key pair of the system public key and the system secret key). Inaddition, the data providing server 100 generates the user key (a keypair of the user public key and the user secret key). Furthermore, thedata providing server 100 acquires the system public key generated bythe key management server 200 and generates the re-encryption key basedon the user secret key and the system public key. When the fullyhomomorphic encryption is used, the re-encryption key is basicallygenerated in the data providing server 100 of generating the user publickey and the user secret key. The key management server 200 does notgenerate the re-encryption key (excluding the case where an entrustmentof generating the key is received). The key management server 200receives the re-encryption key generated in the data providing server100 and manages the re-encryption key in the key management server 200if required.

In the step S102, the data providing server 100 encrypts the sensitivedata acquired from the organization or the like joining in the platformby the predetermined encryption scheme using the user public key. InFIG. 11 , the sensitive data is encrypted by the homomorphic encryptionscheme, for example. The data providing server 100 transmits theencrypted sensitive data and the re-encryption key to the proxy server300.

In the step S103, the proxy server 300 encrypts the sensitive datareceived from the data providing server 100 using the re-encryption keyreceived from the data providing server 100. Thus, the sensitive data isconverted into the sensitive data in the predetermined encryption space.In the example of FIG. 11 , since the sensitive data is encrypted by thehomomorphic encryption scheme in the step S102, the proxy server 300encrypts the sensitive data using the re-encryption key by thehomomorphic encryption scheme corresponding to the encryption scheme ofthe sensitive data.

In the step S104, the calculation server 400 acquires the convertedsensitive data from the proxy server 300. The calculation server 400 canrequest the proxy server 300 to transmit the sensitive data as theobject of the processing in accordance with the data processing requestfrom the terminal device 500, for example. The proxy server 300transmits the sensitive data converted into the predetermined encryptionspace to the calculation server 400 as the object of the processing inaccordance with the request from the calculation server 400.

In the step S105, the calculation server 400 executes the securecomputing in accordance with the data processing request of the terminaldevice 500. The calculation server 400 generates the integrated data byintegrating a plurality of sensitive data and executes the modellearning and the inference on the integrated data by the machinelearning. Note that the model learning and the like can be executed onthe sensitive data provided by one of the data providing servers 100.The calculation server 400 transmits the execution result of the securecomputing to the terminal device 500 from which the data processing isrequested.

In the step S106, the terminal device 500 decrypts the execution resultof the secure computing by the system secret key. Consequently, theterminal device 500 can use the decrypted execution result as aplaintext data. The system secret key can be previously given from thekey management server 200 to the terminal device 500 as the user havingthe authority of using the execution result. Alternatively, the terminaldevice 500 can acquire the system secret key as the authenticated userwhen transmitting the data processing request. As described above, thedata processing is executed in the data sharing system 1.

(Hardware Configuration Diagram)

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the proxyserver 300. The proxy server 300 is implemented in a computer 1001. Thecomputer 1001 includes a CPU 1002, a main storage 1003, an auxiliarystorage 1004 and an interface 1005.

The operations of each configuration of the proxy server 300 are storedin the auxiliary storage 1004 in the form of programs. The CPU 1002reads the programs from the auxiliary storage 1004, expands the programsin the main storage 1003, and executes the above described processingaccording to the programs. In addition, the CPU 1002 secures a storagearea in the main storage 1003 according to the programs. Specifically,the programs make the computer 1001 execute the data processing.

Note that the auxiliary storage 1004 is an example of a non-transitorytangible medium. A magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, aDVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory and the like connected via the interface1005 can be listed as the other examples of the non-transitory tangiblemedium. Furthermore, when the programs are distributed to the computer1001 via the network, the computer 1001 receiving the delivery canexpand the programs in the main storage 1003 to execute the processing.

In addition, the programs can be prepared for achieving only a part ofthe above described functions. Furthermore, the programs can be aso-called difference file (difference program) for achieving the abovedescribed functions while combined with the other programs alreadystored in the auxiliary storage 1004. Note that the hardwareconfiguration shown in FIG. 12 can be used also for the data providingservers 100, the key management server 200, the calculation server 400and the terminal device 500. Same as the above described proxy server300, the operations of the components of the above described devices arealso achieved by the CPU which is operated in accordance with theprograms stored in the auxiliary storage.

(Explanation of Effect)

As described above, the data sharing system of the present embodimentincludes a key management server configured to manage the system key forconverting the encrypted data into the identical encryption space. Inaddition, the data providing server corresponding to the organization orthe like joining the system encrypts the sensitive data by thepredetermined encryption scheme using the user key corresponding to theorganization and transmits the encrypted sensitive data to the proxyserver. Here, the user key is different from the system key. The proxyserver converts the acquired encrypted sensitive data into thepredetermined encryption space based on the re-encryption key generatedbased on the user key and the system key. Then, the calculation serverexecutes the secure computing based on the converted sensitive data.

Consequently, the execution result of the secure computing of thesensitive data converted into the predetermined encryption space basedon the re-encryption key can be decrypted by the system key.Accordingly, the data processing can be executed on the sensitive datapossessed by each of the data providing servers without disclosing(decrypting) the content of the sensitive data to the others. Inaddition, since the proxy server and the calculation server areprovided, the secure computing can be executed while the proxy serverand the calculation server are partly communicated and associated witheach other when the algorithms of the machine learning and deep learningor the data mining are executed in the secure computing. Thus, theexecution performance can be improved.

In addition, the data sharing system of the present embodiment managesthe system key (system secret key and/or system common key) fordecrypting the execution result of the secure computing in the keymanagement server. The authority for using the execution result of thesecure computing can be given by providing the system key managed in thekey management server. Thus, the cooperation between the data providingservers is not required and the management of the authority is easy. Inaddition, the processing can be executed at higher speed compared to thecase of requiring the cooperation between the data providing servers forusing the execution result.

Furthermore, the data sharing system of the present embodiment executesthe secure computing on the sensitive data including the attributevalues having different encryption schemes (e.g., the scheme where theretrieval can be performed in the encrypted state and the homomorphicencryption scheme where the addition and multiplication can beperformed). Consequently, the statistical method or the model learningand the inference achieved by the analysis algorithms such as themachine learning and the deep learning can be executed on the sensitivedata in the encrypted state. Thus, the sensitive data can be utilizedsecurely.

Furthermore, the data sharing system of the present embodimentintegrates the sensitive data to execute the secure computing.Consequently, the organization joining in the data sharing system caneasily utilize the sensitive data owned by own organization withoutdisclosing the sensitive data to the other organizations. In addition,since the data processing can be executed on the sensitive data providedfrom a plurality of organizations, the accuracy of the model learningand the inference can be improved.

Embodiment 2

In the present embodiment, the proxy server constructs a virtualexecution environment protected from a standard execution environment,and the sensitive data encrypted in each of the data providing serversis decrypted and then converted into the identical encryption space inthe virtual execution environment.

A data sharing system 2 of the embodiment 2 is different from the datasharing system 1 of the embodiment 1 in that the data sharing system 2includes a data providing server 600 and a proxy server 700 instead ofthe data providing server 100 and the proxy server 300.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the processing in the embodiment 2.With reference to FIG. 13 , an outline of the processing in the datasharing system 2 will be explained.

The proxy server 700 of the embodiment 2 constructs the virtualexecution environment protected from the standard execution environmentand the sensitive data encrypted in each of the data providing servers600 is decrypted and then converted into the identical encryption spacein the virtual execution environment. The virtual execution environmentis the environment accessed from the standard execution environmentaccessed only by the authenticated or permitted users. Theauthentication and permission are automatically performed when theconditions are preliminarily defined. When the conditions are notdefined, the processing of the authentication and permission can beperformed for each access. In addition, the virtual executionenvironment can be the environment trusted by the standard executionenvironment. Furthermore, the virtual execution environment ispreferably formed in a short time. Consequently, even when the virtualexecution environment is attacked by a cyber terrorist, security canhardly be broken in time. Thus, safety on security can be ensured.

The data providing server 600 generates the user key and encrypts thesensitive data by the user key. The data providing server 600-1generates, for example, a key pair of a user public key pk1 and a usersecret key sk1 and encrypts sensitive data M1 by an arbitral (publickey) encryption scheme using the user public key pk1. The data providingserver 600-2 generates, for example, a user common key ck2 and encryptssensitive data M2 by an arbitral (common key) encryption scheme usingthe user common key ck2.

Namely, each of the data providing servers 600 generates a key pair ofthe user public key and the user secret key and/or the user common keyas the user key. In addition, the encryption can be performed by theencryption scheme in accordance with the data format or the likeincluded in the sensitive data. Each of the data providing servers 600transmits the key (user secret key, user common key) for decrypting thesensitive data to the proxy server 700 via a secure path.

The key management server 200 generates the system key used forconverting the sensitive data into the predetermined encryption space.The system key can be a key pair of the system public key Pkx and thesystem secret key Skx and/or a system common key Ckx (not illustrated).The key management server 200 transmits the system key (system publickey Pkx and/or system common key Ckx) to the proxy server 700.

The proxy server 700 constructs the virtual execution environmentprotected from the standard execution environment and decrypts theencrypted text M in the virtual execution environment using the user keyto generate sensitive data M. The proxy server 700 encrypts thedecrypted sensitive data using the system key by the encryption schemecapable of performing the secure computing to generate re-encrypted textM. For example, the sensitive data can be encrypted by the homomorphicencryption scheme using the system public key Pkx or by the retrievableencryption scheme using the system common key Ckx. Alternatively, thesensitive data can be encrypted by the encryption scheme correspondingto the data format or the like included in the sensitive data.

For example, the encrypted text M1 transmitted from the data providingserver 600-1 is decrypted by the user secret key sk1 and converted intothe sensitive data M1 which is a plaintext. Then, the sensitive data M1is encrypted by the system public key Pkx and converted into are-encrypted text M1. For example, the encrypted text M2 transmittedfrom the data providing server 600-2 is decrypted by the user common keyck2 and converted into the sensitive data M2 which is a plaintext. Then,the sensitive data M2 is encrypted by the system public key Pkx andconverted into a re-encrypted text M2.

The calculation server 400 executes the secure computing on there-encrypted text M. It is also possible to generate an integrated databy integrating a plurality of re-encrypted texts M1, M2 . . . asdescribed in FIGS. 8 to 11 and execute the secure computing on theintegrated data.

The execution result of the secure computing can be decrypted by thesystem key. For example, the execution result of the secure computingexecuted on the sensitive data using the system public key Pkx can bedecrypted by the system secret key Skx. For example, the executionresult of the secure computing executed on the sensitive data using thesystem common key Ckx can be decrypted by the system common key Ckx.

In the virtual execution environment protected from the standardexecution environment, the access from the unauthenticated users can beprevented. Thus, the processing of converting the encrypted sensitivedata into the predetermined encryption space can be performed securely.In addition, since the decrypted sensitive data is encrypted by thepredetermined encryption scheme and converted into the predeterminedencryption space, the data processing can be executed with highprocessing efficiency. Furthermore, the virtual execution environment ispreferably formed in a short time. Consequently, even when the virtualexecution environment is attacked by a cyber terrorist, security canhardly be broken in time. Thus, safety on security can be ensured.

(Functional Configuration of Data Providing Server 600)

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of the data providing server 600. With reference to FIG.14 , an example of the functional configuration of the data providingserver 600 will be explained.

The data providing server 600 includes a communication unit 601, acontrol unit 602, a storage unit 603, a key generation unit 604 and anencryption unit 605.

The communication unit 601 has a similar function as the communicationunit 101. The communication unit 601 transmits and receives the datato/from the devices connected via the network NW, the devices connectedlocally and the like using a secure communication channel where securityis ensured. The explanation of the method for constructing the securecommunication channel and the communication method is omitted since theyare well known technology using a common key (e.g., session key), apublic key and the like.

The control unit 602 has a similar function as the control unit 102 andcontrols functions of the data providing server 600.

The storage unit 603 has a similar function as the storage unit 103 andstores computer programs, encryption programs, keys and the like usedfor various processing of the data providing server 600.

The key generation unit 604 generates the user key. The user keyincludes a key pair of the user public key and the user secret keyand/or a user common key. The key generation unit 604 can generate thekey in accordance with the encryption scheme requested by the encryptionunit 605, for example. The user key is transmitted to the proxy server700 via the communication unit 601 through a secure communicationchannel.

The encryption unit 605 has a similar function as the encryption unit105 and encrypts the sensitive data by the predetermined encryptionscheme using the user key which is different from the system key. Theencrypted sensitive data is transmitted to the proxy server 700 via thecommunication unit 601.

(Functional Configuration of Proxy Server 700)

FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functionalconfiguration of the proxy server 700. With reference to FIG. 15 , anexample of the functional configuration of the proxy server 700 will beexplained.

The proxy server 700 includes a communication unit 701, a storage unit702, a control unit 703 and a conversion unit 704.

The communication unit 701 acquires the encrypted sensitive data from aplurality of data providing servers 100. In addition, the communicationunit 701 acquires the system key (system public key and/or system commonkey) and the user key (user secret key and/or user common key) from thekey management server 200 and stores them in the storage unit 702.

The storage unit 702 stores computer programs, database and the likeused for various processing of the proxy server 300.

The control unit 703 includes a virtual execution environmentconstruction unit 711 and a virtual execution environment discardingunit 712. The control unit 703 controls to construct the virtualexecution environment for converting the sensitive data acquired fromthe data providing server 100 into the predetermined encryption space.

The virtual execution environment construction unit 711 constructs thevirtual execution environment. For example, it is possible to constructthe virtual execution environment each time when the encrypted sensitivedata is received. Alternatively, it is possible to construct the virtualexecution environment in accordance with the request from thecalculation server 400. A not-illustrated OS is mounted on the virtualexecution environment. The OS includes the conversion unit 704.

The virtual execution environment discarding unit 712 discards(eliminates) the above described virtual execution environment. Thevirtual execution environment discarding unit 712 discards the virtualexecution environment by deleting a predetermined data indicating thevirtual execution environment, for example. It is possible to discardthe virtual execution environment after the sensitive data is convertedinto the predetermined encryption space or discard the virtual executionenvironment based on the instruction of the authenticated user, forexample.

The conversion unit 704 includes an acquisition unit 721, a decryptionunit 722, an encryption unit 723 and a providing unit 724.

The acquisition unit 721 corresponds to the virtual executionenvironment data acquisition unit and the virtual execution environmentkey acquisition unit. The acquisition unit 721 acquires the encryptedsensitive data and the user key and the system key corresponding to thesensitive data from the storage unit 702.

The decryption unit 722 decrypts the encrypted sensitive data by theuser key corresponding to the data providing server 600 which encryptsthe sensitive data.

The encryption unit 723 corresponds to the virtual execution environmentconversion unit and encrypts the decrypted sensitive data using thesystem key. The encryption unit 723 executes the encryption inaccordance with the encryption scheme of the encrypted sensitive data.For example, the sensitive data encrypted by the homomorphic encryptionscheme in the data providing server 100 is re-encrypted by the samehomomorphic encryption scheme using the system key acquired from the keymanagement server 200. Alternatively, the sensitive data encrypted byAES is re-encrypted by the same AES using the system key.

Furthermore, the encryption unit 723 can execute the encryption by theencryption scheme in accordance with the processing purpose of theencrypted sensitive data. For example, when highly advanced algorithmcalculation processing is executed on the sensitive data, the encryptionunit 723 can re-encrypt the sensitive data encrypted by the encryptionscheme suitable for storage, simple calculation or retrieval by theencryption scheme suitable for highly advanced algorithm calculationprocessing using the re-encryption key. More specifically, the sensitivedata encrypted by the order-preserving encryption scheme can bere-encrypted by the homomorphic encryption scheme. Alternatively, thesensitive data encrypted by the homomorphic encryption scheme can bere-encrypted by the fully homomorphic encryption scheme. Note that theencryption unit 723 can convert the sensitive data into thepredetermined encryption space by executing the re-encryption by theencryption scheme corresponding to the data format (e.g., string,numerical value) of the sensitive data.

The providing unit 724 provides the sensitive data converted into thepredetermined encryption space by the encryption unit 723 to thestandard execution environment or the like. For example, the convertedsensitive data is stored in the storage unit 702.

In addition, the user key used when the decryption unit 722 decrypts theencrypted sensitive data can be discarded when the virtual executionenvironment discarding unit 712 discards the virtual executionenvironment.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing concerningthe embodiment 2. With reference to FIG. 16 , a flow of decrypting thesensitive data provided by each organization joined in the platform(data sharing system 2) and then converting the sensitive data into thepredetermined encryption space and executing the data processing by thesecure computing in the virtual execution environment will be explained.The flow of the processing shown in FIG. 16 is merely an example. Theflow is not limited to the orders shown in FIG. 16 . In the followingexplanation, the scheme based on the public key encryption scheme isused as the scheme of converting the encrypted sensitive data into thepredetermined encryption space for simplifying the explanation.

In the step S201, a key generation processing is executed in the datasharing system 2. The key management server 200 generates the system key(a key pair of the system public key and the system secret key) andtransmits the system public key to the proxy server 700. In addition,the data providing server 600 generates the user key (a key pair of theuser public key and the user secret key or the user common key).

In the step S202, the data providing server 600 encrypts the sensitivedata acquired from the organization or the like joining in the platformby the predetermined encryption scheme using the user key. For example,the sensitive data can be encrypted by the homomorphic encryption schemeusing the user public key or by AES using the user common key. The dataproviding server 600 transmits the sensitive data and the user key (usersecret key and/or user common key) for decrypting the encryptedsensitive data to the proxy server 700.

In the step S203, the proxy server 700 constructs the virtual executionenvironment. The sensitive data received from the data providing server600 is decrypted by the user key of the corresponding data providingserver 600 in the constructed virtual execution environment and thenconverted into the sensitive data in the predetermined encryption spaceusing the system public key. More specifically, the proxy server 700encrypts the sensitive data by the homomorphic encryption scheme wherethe numerical calculation and the like can be executed in the encryptedstate or the order-preserving encryption scheme, for example. The proxyserver 700 discards the virtual execution environment after theconversion of the sensitive data.

In the step S204, the calculation server 400 acquires the convertedsensitive data from the proxy server 700. The calculation server 400requests the proxy server 700 to transmit the sensitive data as theobject of the processing in accordance with the data processing requestfrom the terminal device 500, for example. The proxy server 700transmits the sensitive data converted into the predetermined encryptionspace to the calculation server 400 as the object of the processing inaccordance with the request from the calculation server 400.

In the step S205, the calculation server 400 executes the securecomputing in accordance with the data processing request of the terminaldevice 500. The calculation server 400 generates the integrated data byintegrating a plurality of sensitive data and executes the modellearning and the inference on the integrated data by the machinelearning. Note that the model learning and the like can be executed onthe sensitive data provided by one of the data providing servers 600.The calculation server 400 transmits the execution result of the securecomputing to the terminal device 500 from which the data processing isrequested.

In the step S206, the terminal device 500 decrypts the execution resultof the secure computing using the system secret key. Consequently, theterminal device 500 can use the decrypted execution result as aplaintext data. The system secret key can be previously given from thekey management server 200 to the terminal device 500 as the user havingthe authority of using the execution result. Alternatively, the terminaldevice 500 can acquire the system secret key as the authenticated userwhen transmitting the data processing request. As described above, thedata processing is executed in the data sharing system 2.

(Explanation of Effect)

As described above, the data sharing system of the present embodimentincludes a key management server configured to manage the system key forconverting the encrypted data into the identical encryption space. Inaddition, the data providing server corresponding to the organization orthe like joining the system encrypts the sensitive data by thepredetermined encryption scheme using the user key of the correspondingorganization and transmits the encrypted sensitive data to the proxyserver. Here, the user key is different from the system key. The proxyserver constructs the virtual execution environment protected from thestandard execution environment and decrypts the acquired encryptedsensitive data and then converts the sensitive data into thepredetermined encryption space based on the system key in the virtualexecution environment. Then, the calculation server executes the securecomputing on the converted sensitive data.

In the virtual execution environment protected from the standardexecution environment, the access from the unauthenticated users can beprevented. Thus, the processing of converting the encrypted sensitivedata into the predetermined encryption space can be performed securely.In addition, since the decrypted sensitive data is encrypted by thepredetermined encryption scheme and converted into the predeterminedencryption space, the sensitive data can be converted into thepredetermined encryption space with high processing efficiency.Furthermore, since the virtual execution environment is formed in ashort time, even when the virtual execution environment is attacked by acyber terrorist, security can hardly be broken in time. Thus, safety onsecurity can be ensured.

Modified Example of Embodiment 2

The processing of constructing the virtual execution environment andconverting the encrypted sensitive data into the predeterminedencryption space in the virtual execution environment can be executed inthe calculation server 400 instead of the proxy server 700. Furthermore,the management of the system key can be managed by the calculationserver 400 instead of the key management server 200.

Consequently, the transmission/reception processing through thecommunication channel can be reduced. Thus, the security is improved andthe cost can be reduced.

The above described embodiments can be carried out in other variousforms. Various omission, replacement and change can be applied withinthe range not deviating from the summary of the present invention. Theembodiments and the variation of them are included in the range andsummary of the present invention and also included in the inventiondescribed in the claims and the range equivalent to them.

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1: data sharing system; 100: data providing server; 101: communicationunit; 102: control unit; 103: storage unit; 104: user key managementunit; 105: encryption unit; 106: user decryption unit; 200: managementserver; 201: communication unit; 210: storage unit; 211: configurationfile; 220: control unit; 221: total control unit; 223: execution unit;230: decryption request unit; 300: calculation server; 301:communication unit; 302: control unit; 303: storage unit; 304: systemkey management unit; 305: system decryption unit; 310: process executionunit; 311: integrated data generation unit; 312: re-encryption unit;313: secure computation unit; 400: common database; 401: communicationunit; 402: storage unit; 410: process execution unit; 411: integrateddata generation unit; 412: data processing unit; 413: decryption requestunit; 500: terminal device; 501: communication unit; 502: storage unit;503: input unit; 504: output unit; 505: control unit; 1001: computer;1003: main storage; 1004: auxiliary storage; 1005: interface; 1300:calculation server; 1302: control unit; 1310: process execution unit;1311: virtual execution environment construction unit; 1312: virtualexecution environment discarding unit; 1321: re-encryption unit; 1331:acquisition unit; 1332: decryption unit; 1333: encryption unit; 1334:providing unit

1. A data sharing system, comprising: a plurality of data providingdevices; a key management device; a proxy device; and a calculationdevice, wherein the key management device includes a key management unitconfigured to manage a system key, each of the plurality of dataproviding devices includes: a first sensitive data acquisition unitconfigured to acquire a sensitive data; and an encryption unitconfigured to encrypt the sensitive data by a predetermined encryptionscheme using a user key which is different from the system key, theproxy device includes: a second sensitive data acquisition unitconfigured to acquire the encrypted sensitive data from the plurality ofdata providing devices; and a conversion unit configured to execute aconversion of the acquired sensitive data into the sensitive data in apredetermined encryption space based on the system key, and thecalculation device includes an execution unit configured to execute asecure computing based on the converted sensitive data.
 2. The datasharing system according to claim 1, wherein the system key includes akey pair of a system public key and a system secret key, and the userkey includes a key pair of a user public key and a user secret keycorresponding to each of the plurality of data providing devices.
 3. Thedata sharing system according to claim 2, wherein the proxy device isconfigured to execute the conversion using a re-encryption key generatedbased on the system public key and the user secret key.
 4. The datasharing system according to claim 3, wherein each of the plurality ofdata providing devices further includes: a system key acquisition unitconfigured to acquire the system public key from the key management unitof the key management device; and a key generation unit configured togenerate the re-encryption key using the user secret key and the systempublic key, and the proxy device further includes a re-encryption keyacquisition unit configured to acquire the re-encryption key from theplurality of data providing devices.
 5. The data sharing systemaccording to claim 3, wherein the proxy device further includes: asystem key acquisition unit configured to acquire the system public keyfrom the key management unit of the key management device; a user keyacquisition unit configured to acquire the user secret key from theplurality of data providing devices; and a key generation unitconfigured to generate the re-encryption key using the user secret keyand the system public key.
 6. The data sharing system according to claim1, wherein the system key includes a system common key, and the user keyincludes a user common key corresponding to each of the plurality ofdata providing devices.
 7. The data sharing system according to claim 6,wherein the proxy device is configured to execute the conversion usingthe re-encryption key generated based on the system common key and theuser common key.
 8. The data sharing system according to claim 1,wherein the conversion unit of the proxy device is configured to executethe conversion in accordance with an encryption scheme of the encryptedsensitive data.
 9. The data sharing system according to claim 1, whereinthe proxy device is configured to construct a virtual executionenvironment protected from a standard execution environment and executethe conversion in the virtual execution environment.
 10. The datasharing system according to claim 9, wherein the virtual executionenvironment includes: a virtual execution environment data acquisitionunit configured to acquire the encrypted sensitive data; a virtualexecution environment key acquisition unit configured to acquire a userkey for decrypting the encrypted sensitive data and the system key; anda virtual execution environment conversion unit configured to executethe conversion by encrypting the sensitive data, which is decrypted byusing the user key, using the system key.
 11. The data sharing systemaccording to claim 1, wherein the calculation device is configured toexecute a model learning and an inference achieved by a machine learningas the secure computing.
 12. The data sharing system according to claim1, wherein the calculation device is configured to execute the securecomputing by integrating a plurality of the converted sensitive data.13. The data sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the proxydevice includes the key management device.
 14. The data sharing systemaccording to claim 1, wherein the encryption unit of the plurality ofdata providing devices is configured to encrypt at least a part ofattribute values of attribute items included in the sensitive data bythe predetermined encryption scheme, and the conversion unit of theproxy device is configured to execute the conversion of the encryptedattribute values of the sensitive data encrypted by the predeterminedencryption scheme by an encryption scheme corresponding to thepredetermined encryption scheme.
 15. The data sharing system accordingto claim 14, wherein the sensitive data includes a first attribute valueencrypted by a first encryption scheme and a second attribute valueencrypted by a second encryption scheme.
 16. A data sharing methodexecuted in a system having a plurality of data providing devices, a keymanagement device, a proxy device and a calculation device, the datasharing method comprising: a step of managing a system key by the keymanagement device; a step of acquiring a sensitive data by the pluralityof data providing devices; a step of encrypting the sensitive data by apredetermined encryption scheme using a user key which is different fromthe system key by the plurality of data providing devices; a step ofacquiring the encrypted sensitive data from the plurality of dataproviding devices by the proxy device; a step of converting the acquiredsensitive data into a predetermined encryption space based on the systemkey by the proxy device; and a step of executing a secure computingbased on the converted sensitive data by the calculation device.
 17. Anon-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a datasharing program for making a system execute the data sharing program,the system comprising: a plurality of data providing devices; a keymanagement device; a proxy device; and a calculation device, wherein thekey management device is configured to execute a step of managing asystem key, the plurality of data providing devices is configured toexecute: a step of acquiring a sensitive data; and a step of encryptingthe sensitive data by a predetermined encryption scheme using a user keywhich is different from the system key, the proxy device is configuredto execute: a step of acquiring the encrypted sensitive data from theplurality of data providing devices; and a step of converting theacquired sensitive data into a predetermined encryption space based onthe system key; and a step of executing a secure computing based on theconverted sensitive data, and the calculation device is configured toexecute a step of executing a secure computing based on the convertedsensitive data.